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Hilarious Super Bowl Party Games

The Super Bowl is almost upon us. Hence, here is a list of ten creative ways to boost viewing America’s most attention-grabbing yearly event, enhancing its enjoyment for everyone who decides to take it in a group home setting.

10. The Hook and Ring Game

Thanks to YouTube, the hook and ring game has become super popular. It entails nothing more than setting a peg and a ring on a string, and in each round, players attempt to swing the metal circle onto the buckle en route to scoring a point. Over time, this has predominately become a drinking game. And instead of DIY-ing it, interested parties can buy pre-made setups on Amazon for as little as ten dollars, such as one from GSE Games, where the hook board has a football shape, perfect for a Bowl party.

9. Blitz Champz Football Card Game

According to most football fans, Blitz Champz is the ultimate card game for NFL lovers, and it can get played between two to six players, with each participant getting five cards dealt face down. A football-like scoring system gets implemented in Blitz Champz, with the card featuring various on-field happenings. For a home game, things can get super exciting in Blitz Champz quickly.

8. Football Dice Game

GO Long is a fun football-themed math dice game suitable for kids and adults that involves eight dice, one cup, and a fancy scoreboard. It provides a dose of lightning-quick, hard-hitting gridiron action at home via four-quarter rounds. Its creator Zombondo claims it is the ideal pick for tailgates and NFL championship parties, and we agree.

7. Football Charades

Charade is an evergreen pick and entertaining choice for people of all ages. Plus, it costs nothing. It only requires someone with the organizational skills necessary to run this activity. If a group has no such individual, then there are dedicated apps online that will automate this process and make things as simple as can be.

6. Super Bowl Bingo

Gridiron Games offers free printable bingo card sheets for Super Bowl Bingo games during the NFL’s final match of the season. These are an exciting way to get everyone involved in watching the big game, and cards in play here utilize the traditional 5×5 grid, featuring a combination of events that range from commercials, penalties, and sports, to crown interactions. It is an exciting form of social gambling that may not be as adrenaline-inducing as laying down funny Super Bowl prop bets this 2023 but can be heart-pumping enough.

5. The Football Brain Teaser

These are two puzzles on a sheet of paper that incorporate toothpicks and a cut-out image of a football. The template can be found on the All for the Boys website, and this game is suitable for younger children to keep them busy during Super Bowl Day amidst a crowd of adults. The first puzzle challenges youngsters to re-arrange the elements offered so they show the football outside the goalposts, and the second requires the offered components to form a player on the sheet.

4. Super Bowl Squares

Football squares is a pari-mutuel gambling choice often organized at people’s place of employment. It is not as an entertaining betting option as wagering on the color of the winning Gatorade shower (you can find this prop on BetUS). But this choice still ranks as engaging enough. Unlike traditional sports wagering, Super Bowl squares can be entirely random, as in some games, players cannot choose the boxes they are betting on, as that gets decided randomly. Each square correlates to a quarter’s score. And each one gets assigned to an individual bettor. Whoever gets the correct numbers wins a quarter of the accumulated prize pool. At the end of the game, all four sections of the gathered funds get given out to four lucky players.

3. Bowl Word Scramble

You can unscramble eleven words from the term bowl alone. If you add the names of players, coaches, and managers involved in the Super Bowl, the possibilities are endless. To save massive amounts of brain power, those who look to Super Bowl word scrabble as a possible fun time-killing activity before and after the NFL final can explore using an online unscramble word finder to make things easy to set up.

2. Sling Football Puck Game

Think of air hockey, but played on a board with two puck-firing strings made of durable elastic put to use to shoot pieces of wood across a mini football-like field. Manufactured by Coogam, this sling-puck board option provides five pucks for each gaming side, with a coin flip deciding who will kick off a fast-paced, amusement-fueled round of puck-flinging action.

1. Super Bowl Trivia

All organizers need to do is perform multiple Google searches to comprise a list of fascinating nuggets of NFL info or download pre-made questions from dedicated trivia sites that know that many football fans crave trivia fun on Super Bowl Sunday. Distractify and Party411 offer this.

Album Review: The WAEVE, ‘The WAEVE’

As soon as it kicks into gear, The WAEVE is framed as a conversation between two poetically inclined songwriters. “Hold the sky/ Inside your mouth/ Breathe your words/ Into my bones,” Rose Elinor Dougall, formerly of the Pipettes, sings on the haunting opener ‘Can I Call You’. Blur guitarist Graham Coxon then takes the lead first on the subsequent ‘Kill Me Again’, pleading, “Take me to your brightest sun/ Hold me fast beneath your hand/ I hang like a bird/ Above your sea and land.” The WAEVE may be a duo – Coxon and Dougall began their collaboration after meeting backstage at a socially distanced benefit concert in 2020, and have now started a family – but what makes their self-titled debut intriguing is that it often eschews the conventions of a duets album. Having established common ground, the pair seem less interested in simply bouncing ideas back and forth than coaxing each other to explore how far they can take them. This lends the songs a distinct air of playfulness, even if the overall atmosphere is inescapably one of impending doom.

You don’t have to compare and contrast these songs to get a sense of how Coxon and Dougall’s musical instincts collide; they allow each other’s voices to take up more space when necessary, but they also juxtapose them in subtle and compelling ways. A motorik pulse signals Coxon’s arrival on ‘Can I Call You’, introducing a fiery tension that takes the song in an unexpected direction and percolates throughout the LP. When Dougall sings of “All this weird energy/ Nowhere to put it” amid elegant synths and gentle percussion on ‘Sleepwalking’, you wonder if the song will erupt – but it’s not until its sixth and final minute that Coxon’s guitars sharpen it to a gleaming conclusion. They let the groove gain heft naturally, and it’s actually Coxon’s saxophone that does most of the heavy lifting alongside Dougall’s pensive vocals. It emerges, on songs like ‘All Along’, as an instrument at once soothing, wistful, and ominous, adding emotional texture to songs that might have otherwise felt listless without it.

For all their focus on space, the WAEVE don’t shy away from lush, cinematic arrangements, with half of the songs stretching over six minutes. ‘Drowning’ counters its dreaminess with a portentous sense of dread, layering instruments to the point of cacophony; the interplay between the duo’s voices, meanwhile, has never been more thrilling. But there are moments that don’t spring to life in the same way, drawing attention to lyrics that can feel trite in their apocalyptic reflections. The robotic post-punk of ‘Someone Up There’, with its chorus of “You’ve lost your power/ It’s all gone sour,” feels labored, even if its spikiness is refreshing in the context of the album. And though their voices once again complement each other on ‘Over and Over’, the song is so languid that it seems to lose faith in its own message: “Still we grow older and older and older/ But something feels new/ Constantly changing forever.”

It comes as somewhat of a surprise, then, that rather than capitalizing on the punk energy that drives much of it forward, The WAEVE ends with a series of similarly relaxed, jazz-inflected ballads. Those make better use of the duo’s talents and chemistry, however: while ‘Undine’ recycles a lot of the same lyrical ideas as ‘Over and Over’, its evocative use of brass, strings, and guitar, elevated by Coxon’s unusually heartfelt delivery, keep it engaging. The album may not have a strong enough concept to justify its musical grandiosity, but the sincerity that guides its final tracks feels earned. If the rest of the record is the sound of the duo probing each other, here they allow themselves to sit back and reflect. “Finding strange courage to say/ We’re getting deeper now,” Dougall admits on the closer, ‘You’re All I Want to Know’, gaze still locked forward.

Ozzy Osbourne Retires From Touring, Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates

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Ozzy Osbourne has announced his retirement from touring and canceled all his upcoming tour dates. In a statement shared on social media, the Prince of Darkness explained that he’s “physically weak” and “not physically capable” of handling the travel necessary for touring.

“This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to share with my loyal fans,” Osbourne wrote. “As you may all know, four years ago, this month, I had a major accident, where I damaged my spine. My one and only purpose during this time has been to get back on stage. My singing voice is fine. However, after three operations, stem cell treatments, endless physical therapy sessions, and most recently groundbreaking Cybernics (HAL) Treatment, my body is still physically weak.” He continued:

I am honestly humbled by the way you’ve all patently held onto your tickets for all this time, but in all good conscience, I have now come to the realization that I’m not physically capable of doing my upcoming European/UK tour dates, as I know I couldn’t deal with the travel required. Believe me when I say that the thought of disappointing my fans really FUCKS ME UP, more than you will ever know.

Never would I have imagined that my touring days would have ended this way. My team is currently coming up with ideas for where I will be able to perform without having to travel from city to city and country to country.

I want to thank my family……my band……my crew……my longtime friends, Judas Priest, and of course my fans for their endless dedication, loyalty, and support, and for giving me the life that I never dreamed I would have.

I love you all…

Osbourne was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in early 2003, but didn’t announce it publicly until 2020. His farewell tour, No More Tours II, was pushed back several times amid health concerns and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Black Sabbath frontman released his latest album, Patient Number 9, last year.

La Luz’s Shana Cleveland Unveils New Single ‘A Ghost’

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La Luz’s Shana Cleveland has unveiled a new single, ‘A Ghost’, alongside an accompanying video. It’s taken from her new solo album Manzanita, which was announced with the track ‘Faces in the Firelight’. Check out the Vice Cooler-directed visual for ‘A Ghost’ below.

“I never really gave pregnancy and childbirth very much thought, and when I did become pregnant I was surprised by how much of a psychedelic experience it was,” Cleveland said of the new song in a press release. “A subtitle for this album could be: ‘What to Expect When You Are Open to the Mysteries of the Universe.’ When I sat outside the house looking out across the field, the chemistry and shape of my body constantly changing, I understood that I was no different than the plants and animals around me.”

Manzanita is slated for release on March 10 via Hardly Art Records.

Debby Friday Releases Video for New Single ‘I GOT IT’

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Debby Friday has shared another single from GOOD LUCK, her first LP for Sub Pop. Following ‘SO HARD TO TELL’, which we named our Song of the Week, ‘I GOT IT’ features Chris Vargas of Uñas and arrives with a self-directed music video. Check it out below.

“This track is a ‘Get in the Uber, Bitch!’ ode to nightlife, purgatory, and club rats everywhere,” Debby Friday said in a statement. “Uñas and I had been wanting to collab for a while and this was a case of right vibe, right time.”

GOOD LUCK will be out on March 24.

Death Valley Girls Share Video for New Song ‘Magic Powers’

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Death Valley Girls have unveiled ‘Magic Powers’, the third offering from their upcoming full-length Islands in the Sky. It follows previous singles ‘Sunday’ and ‘What Are the Odds’. Check it out below.

Discussing the new song, the band’s Bonnie Bloomgarden said in a statement: “I was walking down the street, and all of the sudden it dawned on me that almost all the things that kids bullied me about, or I got in trouble for in school, or was told would make me never amount to anything, were actually my magic powers! My voice isn’t too high, or funny, it’s how I cast my spells! I’m not a bad student, I love learning, and being a seeker! And I’m not a crazy person with weird ideas, that will never fit into society, I’m a witch, and I have magic powers!”

Islands in the Sky is due out February 24 via Suicide Squeeze Records.

Ducks Ltd., Mo Troper, and Ratboys’ Julia Steiner Cover the Feelies’ ‘Invitation’

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Ducks Ltd. have teamed up with Mo Troper and Ratboys’ Julia Steiner for a cover of the Feelies’ 1991 track ‘Invitation’. It’s the latest installment of their series The Sincerest Form of Flattery, which has seen them tackling the Cure’s ‘In Between Days’ with Jane Inc. and the Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Head On’ with illuminati hotties’ Sarah Tudzin. Take a listen below.

Talking about the cover, the band’s Tom McGreevy said in a statement:

In Toronto, it’s a really big thing on Halloween for bands to do cover sets where they dress up as the band they are covering. This year, Evan [Lewis] and a group of people who have all played in Ducks at one point or another got together to do a Feelies cover set and they were amazing! So good in fact that I immediately wanted to preserve their excellent cover band for posterity while also insinuating myself in the end result! It was a real family affair, with Paul Erlichman (who sometimes plays in our live band and does the string arrangements on our records), Katie Ryan(who used to play bass in our touring band) and the incomparable Kurt Marble (who used to be our live drummer) all playing on it. Another big part of what appealed about doing this cover was putting together a new vocal arrangement for the choruses, and so we got two artists who we really love to help us out with that, the Julia Steiner of Ratboys and Portland power pop icon Mo Troper. They’re both so good and have such distinct voices and it is super exciting to get to hear them on this song that I think about all the time. Feelies forever!

Duckts Ltd.’s debut album, Modern Fiction, came out in 2021. Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Duckts Ltd.

The Tallest Man on Earth Announces New Album ‘Henry St.’, Shares Video for New Single

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The Tallest Man on Earth has announced his first album of original songs in four years. Henry St., the follow-up to 2019’s I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream., comes out April 14 via ANTI-. Today’s announcement comes with the release of a new single called ‘Every Little Heart’. Check out its Jeroen Dankers–directed video below, along with the album’s cover art and tracklist.

Produced by Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn, Henry St. features contributions from Ryan Gustafson (guitar, lap steel, ukulele), TJ Maiani (drums), CJ Camerieri (trumpet, French horn), Phil Cook (piano, organ), Rob Moose, yMusic (strings), and Adam Schatz (saxophone).

“Henry St. is the most playful, most me album yet, because it covers so many of the different noises in my head,” Kristian Matsson said in a statement. “When you overthink things, you get further away from your original ideas. And God knows I overthink things when I’m by myself.” The time in isolation also brought him some newfound peace of mind. “Having been away from it taught me that making music and performing is what I’m doing for the rest of my life, and I’m so grateful for it. It has given me new confidence and playfulness. This is what I do. It’s unconditional.”

Last year, the Tallest Man on Earth released the covers collection Too Late for Edelweiss.

Henry St. Cover Artwork:

Henry St. Tracklist:

1. Bless You
2. Looking for Love
3. Every Little Heart
4. Slowly Rivers Turn
5. Major League
6. Henry Street
7. In Your Garden Still
8. Goodbye (Goodbye Lonesome)
9. Italy
10. New Religion
11. Foothills

Westerman Announces New Album ‘An Inbuilt Fault’, Unveils New Song ‘CSI: Petralona’

Westerman has announced a new album called An Inbuilt Fault. It’s set to arrive on May 5 via Partisan. Today, the London-born, Athens, Greece-based artist has shared the record’s lead single ‘CSI: Petralona’, which was co-produced by Westerman and James Krivchenia of Big Thief. Listen to it below, and scroll down for An Inbuilt Fault‘s cover artwork (by Bráulio Amado) and tracklist.

Speaking about ‘CSI: Petralona’, Westerman said in a statement: “I had the riff for the song and left it lying around with a bunch of other bits and pieces. A friend told me that Tom Waits has this image of having a musical junk drawer of old parts that you haven’t found anything to do with. It came from there. I went to Greece for a month to scope out if I wanted to move here, and a friend encouraged me to write about this strange day I had there. The lyrics were immediate. It’s presented on the album as it was first written. It’s the most autobiographical song on the record.”

An Inbuilt Fault will follow Westerman’s 2020 debut Your Hero Is Not Dead. It includes the previously released single ‘Idol; RE-Run’.

An Inbuilt Fault Cover Artwork:

An Inbuilt Fault Tracklist:

1. Give
2. Idol; RE-run
3. I, Catullus
4. CSI Petralona
5. Help Didn’t Help At All
6. A Lens Turning
7. Take
8. An Inbuilt Fault
9. Pilot Was A Dancer

Beyoncé Announces ‘Renaissance’ World Tour

Beyoncé has announced a world tour in support of her latest album, Renaissance. It will be her first tour since co-headlining the On the Run II Tour with Jay-Z in 2018, and her first solo tour since the 2016 Formation World Tour in support of Lemonade. The singer will kick off the European and UK leg of the tour in May before heading to the US and Canada, with shows extending through late September. Check out the list of dates below.

Earlier this month, Beyoncé performed her first proper concert in five years at the opening of Atlantis the Royal, a new luxury hotel in Dubai.

 

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Beyoncé 2023 Tour Dates:

May 10 Stockholm, Sweden – Friends Arena
May 14 Brussels, Belgium – Baudoin Stadium
May 17 Cardiff, Wales – Principality Stadium
May 20 Edinburgh, Scotland – Murrayfield
May 23 Sunderland, England – Stadium of Light
May 26 Paris, France – Stade de France
May 29 London, England – Tottenham Hotspur
May 30 London, England – Tottenham Hotspur
Jun 6 Lyon, France – Groupama Stadium
Jun 8 Barcelona, Spain – Olympic Stadium
Jun 11 Marseille, France – Orange Velodrome
Jun 15 Cologne, Germany – Rheinenergiestadion
Jun 17 Amsterdam, Netherlands – JC Arena
Jun 21 Hamburg, Germany – Volksparkstadion
Jun 24 Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Bank Park
Jun 27 Warsaw, Poland – PGE Nardowy
Jul 8 Toronto, Ontario – Rogers Centre
Jul 9 Toronto, Ontario – Rogers Centre
Jul 12 Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
Jul 15 Nashville, NY – Nissan Stadium
Jul 17 Louisville, KY – Cardinal Stadium
Jul 20 Minneapolis, MN – Huntington Bank Stadium
Jul 22 Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
Jul 26 Detroit, MI – Ford Field
Jul 29 East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
Jul 30 East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
Aug 1 Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
Aug 3 Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Stadium
Aug 5 Washington, DC – FedEx Field
Aug 9 Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium
Aug 11 Atlanta, GA – Mercedes Benz Stadium
Aug 16 Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium
Aug 18 Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium
Aug 21 St Louis, MO – Dome at America’s Center
Aug 24 Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium
Aug 26 Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium
Aug 30 San Francisco, CA – Levi’s Stadium
Sep 2 Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium
Sep 11 Vancouver, British Columbia – BC Place
Sep 13 Seattle, WA – Lumen Field
Sep 18 Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium
Sep 21 Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium
Sep 23 Houston, TX – NRG Stadium
Sep 27 New Orleans, LA – Caesars Superdome